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CHAPTER SIXTEEN! ( IT'S GOD. )
JOAN WOKE UP to Violet shaking her awake.
"Five more minutes, Violet, it's Saturday," Jo groaned.
"Jo, there's an immediate assembly in the hall, get dressed," she said as she pulled on her blazer. Joan opened her eyes suddenly and landed her feet on the ground.
"What's it for?" Jo questioned, putting her socks on.
"They didn't say, but my guess is —"
"Charlie," Jo interrupted. "That dumbass."
Violet chuckled before pulling her out the door. They hurried down the steps and walked into the assembly hall. Most of the students had already arrived. Joan and Violet quickly sat down on the girls' side of the room. Jo immediately started searching the boys' side for Charlie and the rest of the dead poets. To her relief, Charlie was sitting in one of the middle rows with the rest of the boys. If Nolan hadn't gotten Charlie yet, then she was sure that this assembly would change that.
Just then, Mr. Nolan entered the room with a line of teachers behind him. All the students rose to their feet as soon as he entered the room. After all the professors had taken their places, Mr. Nolan addressed the students from the podium. His face was sporting a sour expression.
"Sit." Mr. Nolan barked. The students all sat down on the wooden benches. "In this week of Welton's Honor, there appeared a profane and unauthorized article. Rather than spend my valuable time ferreting out the guilty persons — and let me assure you I will find them — I'm asking any and all students who know anything about this article to make themselves known here and now. Whoever the guilty persons are, this is your only chance to avoid expulsion from this school," he declared. Joan sucked in a sharp breath. She trained her eyes on the seat in front of her to avoid looking at Charlie.
Just then the sound of a phone ringing could be heard. Jo glanced up at the professors who were looking around the room for its source. Nolan's face was growing angrier with each second.
"Welton Academy. Hello," Charlie's voice sounded throughout the hall. Joan looked to Charlie who was holding a phone to his ear. "Yes, he is. Just a moment." he stood up, holding the phone and bell towards Nolan. "Mr. Nolan, it's for you. It's God. He says we should let girls eat lunch with guys." Most of the students laughed while the boys from the cave all shook their heads in disbelief. Joan smacked her head against the bench in front of her. "Oh wait, what's that? One more thing?" She brought her head up again to see Charlie holding the phone up to his ear once more, "Alright, I'll let him know." He pulled the phone away from his ear. Charlie stared Nolan straight in the eye with his signature smirk. "He says we better let them in the boys' dorm rooms too."
Joan nervously looked at Nolan's face. Nolan looked like the only thing holding him back from jumping across the room and strangling Charlie was the fact that people were watching. Charlie had gotten himself in some deep shit now.
